US EditionYet Another Judge Rejects Trump Effort to Block Offshore Wind, Saying NY Project Can Resume
The federal injunction halted the Interior Department’s stop-work order citing national security concerns, allowing Sunrise Wind to power 600,000 homes and resume at 45% completion.
- On Monday, US District Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction allowing Ørsted and Eversource's Sunrise Wind to resume construction, blocking the Interior Department's suspension order and making Sunrise the fifth project to secure court protection.
- On December 22, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a suspension order, citing classified information from defense officials, prompting lawsuits from developers and states.
- Sunrise Wind LLC said it was about 45% complete, expected operational in 2027, with 924-megawatt capacity serving about 600,000 New York homes, facing $1.25 million daily losses from stoppage.
- With courts now approving all five projects, the federal pause has been effectively neutralized, and industry advocates say resuming construction protects grid reliability amid rising electricity demand.
- With potential commercial and financing impacts at stake, developers warn the Interior order is unlawful, as Equinor's Empire Wind and Vineyard Wind seek injunctions following federal court rulings in December.
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Governor Kathy Hochul celebrated a court ruling issued on Monday, which allows the resumption of the work of the Sunrise Wind wind farm. “It is a great victory for New York workers and families,” she said in an official statement. The project would supply more than 600,000 homes on Long Island. “The Donald Trump administration tried to close this project, which was authorized, under the false argument of national security. But energy independenc…
A judge tilts Trump's wind power stop. Large offshore projects can be rebuilt in front of New York and other US coasts, despite massive resistance from Washington.
A federal judge in the United States authorized Monday the resumption of the work of a Danish Orsted group marine wind farm in front of New York, in a new setback to Donald Trump's government.
Republican-appointee deals Trump a blow in war on wind
While President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday again made its commitment to planet-wrecking fossil fuels clear, a Republican-appointed judge in Washington, DC dealt yet another blow to the Department of the Interior’s attacks on offshore wind power.US District Judge Royce Lamberth, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan, issued a preliminary injunction allowing the developer of the Sunrise Wind project off New York to resume con…
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The Center SquareNew York wind project cleared by judge to resume
(The Center Square) – A second New York offshore wind farm can resume construction after being halted by the Trump administration nearly two months ago over unspecified national security risks, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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